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Each and every one of our party guests enjoyed lots of Halloween treats at our party on Saturday night including our dog, Truffle. We made sure she got her own special pet treats, so she wouldn’t spend the evening begging for cookies, brownies and candy from our two legged guests. This post is brought to you by Big Heart Pet Treats. #TrickOrTreatEm #CollectiveBias

Truffle looked so adorable in the fuzzy pumpkin costume that I got her from Kroger and she was so well behaved considering we had 84 people in our house during our party. She loved getting lots of attention especially from the kids, a few of whom asked if they could win her as a prize.

Truffle didn’t even go crazy when a furry feline approached her at the party. She sat nicely as Faith, dressed in the prettiest snow leopard costume, fed her a Milkbone. Throughout the party, we allowed the kids to give Truffle special treats so they wouldn’t be tempted to feed her anything else.

You can imagine how tempting all of these sweet treats on our dessert table were for all of my guests including Truffle. At the end of the party, there was about one plateful of desserts left. Everything got devoured, which made me so happy.

Throughout the night both kids and adults came up to tell me how much they loved one of the sweet treats they were eating. My favorite moment of the night was when one young girl came up holding a half eaten peanut butter polka dot pop, smiled at me with a big toothy grin, one tooth missing in front, peanut butter around her lips, and said, “wow, are these good.”

Although I saw my father sneak her a piece of pizza crust, I think we did a pretty good job of making sure she wasn’t eating lots of people food, and allowing the people to enjoy that themselves.

At one point we did see her run off with a cookie, but she’s very obedient and she dropped it when we asked her to, then we gave her a bone to reward her for being so good.

I love this picture of her waiting to eat her treat until she’s given the command and it looks sweet in the photo frame I downloaded from Kroger’s Trick or Treat Em website. While I was there downloading the picture into the frame, I also took a pet personality quiz and got some coupons so I can get some more pet treats.

I found my Milkbones and Truffles adorable pumpkin costume at Kroger. They also had angel, devil, jailbird, hot dog, and dragon costumes at my store.

I even got an extra pumpkin pet costume and a toddler costume at Kroger to use for a few trick or treat greeters at our door.

Speaking of costumes, check out some of these costumes my guests wore to our party.

I can’t tell you how excited I was to see so many creative costumes on the adults this year. At our first party nine years ago, only one guest was not in a costume. With each passing year, fewer and fewer of the adult guests have been dressing up, so I started offering a $50 gift card and other prizes to entice them. It’s working!

Still with all this creativity, if I had to pick my favorite, it would have to be …

my little girl, Truffle (the dog, not the cat, although Faith is absolutely adorable too.)

Aside from the dessert table, Truffle was the hit of the night. If you are hosting a Halloween party, and want your pet to be a part of it, dress him or her up and be sure to give them some special treats.

By the end of the night, Truffle was tired and wanted to be in my arms, but it was so nice that she spent almost 5 hours with our guests just out having as much fun as we did.

I’ll be back with more pictures from our party soon.

Are you hosting or attending a party this year? Is your dog joining in on the fun? I’d love to hear how you dress them up and keep them safe this year.

In full disclosure, I was compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and it’s advertiser to share this post with you and was thrilled to be able to show off my dog, Truffle, in her costume eating her Milkbones. We always feed her Milkbone treats and I’m happy to share my opinions with you about these products.

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She really did have a fun night. She kept her costume on for almost 5 hours. At first because the costume was fuzzy, she thought it was a toy and wanted to play with it, but once we got it on her, she didn't even seem to notice it. We've dressed her up for a few of our parties and everyone loves seeing her.

What an amazing Halloween extravaganza! I'm glad you had a fun venue for featuring all of your amazing treats! Lucky guests! You also have one lucky pup! Truffle (great name!) looks like she loved being a party guest and having treats too:)

You most certainly would be invited to enjoy some of my desserts even if you came without a costume. My husband didn't wear a costume for the first time at one of our parties, and he still got some treats!

I'm absolutely speechless. Your goody table looks better than all the Halloween stores I've seen. 84 guests??? GEEZ – they must have been parked 6 deep. I don't even know 84 people. You not only made wonderful goodies, but you presented them so well with all the labels, etc. All that takes a tremendous amt. of time and energy. Skull with a straw in his mouth – geez. Leave it to you.

Truffle is such a beautiful girl and, obviously, has good manners, not only to welcome so many people into her home, but to sit so nicely for photos and treats.

It's so much more fun when people dress up.

I'm just stunned that one person can pull all this together. I'll say it again – you're amazing. I'll be looking at these photos again and again.

Where did you get the wonderful paper pumpkins at the bottom of your black table cloth and on your kitchen island? Cute faces.

Thanks Tavette! Fortunately many of our party guests are neighbors, so they just walk to the party. We have a huge front yard with room for about 8 cars in front, but the cars to fill the block.

Truffle is my baby, and I love her very much. She is very well behaved and incredibly sweet and my party guests, especially the kids, love seeing her.

I have help getting this party together. There's no way to do it alone. I have lots of family and friends who pitch in before, during and after the party. My husband and I did it all alone for several years, but it was way too much work. It's nice to have help.

I made the pumpkins. The ones on my kitchen island were made of paper and the ones on the dessert table were made of felt. I love their faces too. I got a package of stickers about 30 years ago with the faces on them and have been drawing them ever since.

Wow! What an amazing assortment of food, treats and costumes! I love pumpkins and of course all yours are adorable. I don't dress up myself..but I'm sure a $50 gift card could sway me! Looks like everyone had a great time. :o)

I always love seeing your amazing Halloween parties! I've been a follower and a fan since you were "Hungry Halloween!" Your edible pumpkin bowl is my fave of this year's creations!Truffle is adorable! So pretty and so well loved!

It's so nice to hear that you have been following my blogs for so long. I love it! My popcorn bowl was such a huge hit at the party. People were amazed that it was edible. Truffle is my sweetie. I love her more than chocolate!!!!

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